Researchers using a NASA supercomputer have modeled Earth’s long-term evolution and projected that the planet could become ...

Eventually, both spacecraft encountered a blazing “wall of fire” at the system’s boundary, recording temperatures ... the edge of the Solar System – for instance, where the planets end, or at the Oort ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

The sun is governed by a strict rhythm. The magnetic activity of the sun displays a cyclic variation, reaching a maximum ...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter captures the first detailed look at the Sun’s poles, revealing fast-moving plasma and magnetic flows.

The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny twisting magnetic motions of energy-packed plasma waves in the sun's outer ...

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this ...

Columbia researchers say we haven't even begun to explore the possible consequences of stratospheric aerosol injections.

Why do all planets in our solar system orbit the Sun the same way? This documentary unravels the cosmic forces, from the ...

A massive comet known as 3I/ATLAS that was first discovered zooming across the solar system over the summer showed signs of ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...